House bill would have created the position of ‘national nurse “new public health

Representatives Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas), Pete King (RN.Y.) and more than two dozen Democrats have introduced legislation that would create a national nurses to work alongside the general surgeon. National Nursing Act, HR 485, is named the chief nurse of the Public Health Service, United States (USPHS) as “National Public Health Nurse.” The bill has the task of national treatment, together with the surgeon general and “focus on health promotion, improved health education and the reduction of health disparities.” “As the first registered nurse to Congress, I know from experience how nurses play a vital role in promoting health and …